Strategic Management & International Management

please respond to both questions below using the reading or material advised for eath question:

1)Based on the readings that you have completed so far this semester, discuss which topics you feel are most valuable

Reading: Chapters 1-3: Strategy, Business Models, and Competitive Advantage (Chapter 1), Strategy Formulation, Execution, and Governance (Chapter 2), Evaluating a Companys External Environment (Chapter 3)

Book: John Gamble, Arthur A. Thompson, Margaret Ann Peteraf. (2018). Essentials of Strategic Management: The Quest for Competitive Advantage, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2018. (ISBN: 978-1259927638)

2) For the past 3 weeks we have discussed different ways an international manager needs to think and act.  What do you feel is the biggest challenge you believe you will confront in an international manager role?  Please explain your position.

Reading: Chapters 1- 3: Assessing the Environment: Political, Economic, Legal, Technological (Chapter 1), Managing Interdependence: Social Responsibility, Ethics, Sustainability (Chapter 2), and  Understanding the Role of Culture (Chapter 3)

Book: Helen Deresky (2017). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, Text and Cases (9e).  ISBN: 978-0-134-37604-2. Publisher: Pearson Higher Education; Copyright 2017